IGATE sells domestic IMS for $5 million to MindSquare Technologies
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Before French IT giant Capgemini could acquire IGATE , the US-based company sold off its domestic infrastructure management services (IMS) operations to India’s MindSquare Technologies for about $5 million.
Under the agreement, MindSquare has acquired the entire Indian customer base of IGATE, along with its over 400 employees that provide remote and onsite IMS services to Indian customers of the US-based firm, as per a PTI report.
MindSquare Technologies is a group company of Mumbai-based 1neoteric Technology Solutions.
"Apart from the capability of offering end-to-end customer solutions, the deal has also helped us bring on board marque customers,"Neoteric Technology Solutions Head Anup Nair told PTI.
These customers includeReliance Industries , Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Communications , Castrol India, Anand Bazar Patrika , BITS Pilani and British Council .
Though Nair did not tell anything about the deal size, sources said the deal is estimated to be worth about $5 million financed through internal accruals.
Merisis Advisors advisedNeoteric on the acquisition. On April 27, Capgemini said it will buy Nasdaq-listed IGATE for $4.04 billion (Rs 25,000 crore) in cash.
IGATE had bought India'sPatni Computer Systems in 2011 in partnership with private equity giant Apax Partners in a $1.2 billion deal.
Set up in 2012 by industry veterans Balakumar Vijayendran, Sanjay Nayak and Vaishali Bansal, MindSquare offers a range of managed infrastructure services. Earlier this year, it received a strategic investment from 1neoteric and became part of the 1neoteric Group.
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Under the agreement, MindSquare has acquired the entire Indian customer base of IGATE, along with its over 400 employees that provide remote and onsite IMS services to Indian customers of the US-based firm, as per a PTI report.
MindSquare Technologies is a group company of Mumbai-based 1neoteric Technology Solutions.
"Apart from the capability of offering end-to-end customer solutions, the deal has also helped us bring on board marque customers,"
These customers include
Though Nair did not tell anything about the deal size, sources said the deal is estimated to be worth about $5 million financed through internal accruals.
Merisis Advisors advised
IGATE had bought India's
Set up in 2012 by industry veterans Balakumar Vijayendran, Sanjay Nayak and Vaishali Bansal, MindSquare offers a range of managed infrastructure services. Earlier this year, it received a strategic investment from 1neoteric and became part of the 1neoteric Group.
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